Running time124 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGermanBudget$2.3 millionBox office$42.8 millionCabaret is a 1972 American directed by, and starring, and.Set in Berlin during the in 1931, under the presence of the growing, the film is loosely based on the 1966 Broadway musical by, which was adapted from the novel (1939) by and the 1951 play adapted from the same book. Only a few numbers from the stage score were used for the film; Kander and Ebb wrote new ones to replace those that were discarded.
In the traditional manner of musical theater, called an 'integrated musical', every significant character in the stage version sings to express his or her own emotion and to advance the plot. In the film version, the musical numbers are entirely, taking place inside the club, with one exception, 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me', the only song sung neither by Grey's character of the Kit Kat Klub's Master of Ceremonies nor by Minnelli's character of.
In the sexually charged 'Two Ladies', about a, the Master of Ceremonies is joined by two of the Kit Kat girls.After the box office failure of his film version of in 1969, Bob Fosse bounced back with Cabaret in 1972, a year that made him the most honored director in the movie business. The film also brought Liza Minnelli, the daughter of and, her own first chance to sing on screen, and she won the. With Academy Awards for , , and, Cabaret holds the. It is listed as number 367 on ’s 500 greatest films of all time.Cabaret opened to glowing reviews and strong box office, eventually taking in more than $20 million.
In addition to its eight Oscars, it won Best Picture citations from the and the, and took honors for Grey from the National Board of Review, the Hollywood Foreign Press, and the. As Casting Feuer had cast as and (reprising his stage role) long before Fosse was attached to the project. Fosse was given the option of using Grey as Master of Ceremonies or walking away from the production. Fosse hired as Sally Bowles's bisexual love interest.
Several smaller roles, as well as the remaining four dancers in the film, eventually were cast in Germany.Filming Rehearsals and filming took place entirely in West Germany. For reasons of economy, indoor scenes were shot at in, outside Munich. Location shooting took place in and around Munich and West Berlin, and in and. Editing was done in Los Angeles before the eventual theatrical release in February 1972.Narrative and news reading Although the songs throughout the film allude to and advance the narrative, every song except 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me' is executed in the context of a Kit Kat Klub performance.
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The voice heard on the radio reading the news throughout the film in German was that of associate producer, whose father made such notable films as (1931), (1933), and (1931).Differences between film and stage version.